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The Etiquette of Overnight Guests – When You Have a Roommate
It can be a tricky business, dating someone or having friends visit frequently, if your roommate objects to overnight guests. What to do? Think “communication,” and consider the following: Make a...
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10 Things to Tell Your New Roommate
Got a new roommate? Train ‘em fast to keep the tears from falling later. Tell ‘em: 1. What you’re bringing/already own No one needs two microwaves. Or two stripper poles. Actually, two stripper poles...
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Reasons to Break a Lease
While there are many motives to break a lease, not all of them are legal. There’s a reason you signed that document stating that you’d pay rent for a particular period of time, after all. If your...
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How To Deal with Living in a Bad Neighborhood
Sometimes, we have to face the inevitable: whether because of money, apartment availability, or commute time, we have to live in an unsafe neighborhood. Although we’re far from experts in crime...
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Listen Up, Property Managers! College Students Want to Find You Online
Are you advertising apartments, and want to capture the younger crowd? Then it’s time to get web-savvy. As John Kerrigan reported recently in the Multifamily Insider blog, college students...
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How to Choose College Housing
Good work! You managed to get into college. You’re more likely to get a job, at least after a few months of post-graduation despair; you’ll probably make more money than the average non-college grad;...
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College Budgeting 101
You’re going to college and you’d rather not have to sell all your clothing before semester’s end, just to get by and pay your rent. What foresight you have! It’s time to make a budget that you’ll...
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Decorating Your Dorm Room or College Apartment!
It’s so exciting! A room to yourself, outside your parents’ grasp—well, to yourself and two or three other freaked out college freshmen. It’s time to make this dorm room home. So, think about the...
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Avoiding the Ax-Murderer: Questions for Interviewing a Prospective Roommate
So they look great on (Craigslist) paper — how do you know if someone is really going to be a good roommate for you? Here are our suggestions for what to ask before you move in… 1. What do you do for a...
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Lessons Learned From Living in a Co-op
One of the best things I’ve ever done is live in cooperative housing. Three out of my four college years were spent sharing a house, and chores, with 60-150 other people. It was messy, loud,...
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